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FRIDAY, JUNK 21, 1912.
acquitted, because the greater the discredit
to the judiciary. Whether he, is guilty or
not cuts less figure than the fact that Ihe
gacrednem of the courts must be upheld. —
Leavenworth Echo.
An attempt to recall a judge by impeach
ment who sought to protect the government
in guarding the portals of citizenship is a
new phase of what is growing to be .a seri
ous question in the republic. The thought
ful citizen will watch with interest the de
velopment of the impeachment proceedings
against Federal Judge Hanford. — Yakima
Herald.
Friends of Olsson. whose naturalization
papers were recently canceled by Judge
Ilanford, of the Federal Court of Western
Washington, contend the action was be
cause he held Socialist beliefs. The court's
decree was based upon the admission of
Olsson that he misrepresented when exam
ined for citizenship. Now, Congressman
Berger, a Socialist, has taken steps looking
to the impeachment of Judge Ilanford. The
case is to be reopened, to get record of the
Olsson testimony.—Sunnyside Sun.
The Socialist press is loud in its denuncia
tion of Judge Ilanford for depriving Leon
ard Olsson of his citizenship; and no doubt
Olsson now considers himself pretty much
of a martyr. We observed that the Socialist
press was equally indignant when the Mc-
Namaras were arrested in connection with
the dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times.
If the Socialist leaders were steady-headed
enough to await authentic information be
fore launching their campaigns of whole
sale denunciation their cause would present
a better face to that portion of the populace
that is occasionally given to sober thought.
—Rainier Valley Citizen.
Irresponsible elements of Seattle's popula
tion, to whose activities may justly be
charged the most of the ills this city has
had to suffer in recent years, may just now
find perverted pleasure in the attack on
Judge Cornelius H. Hanford to which an
Eastern magazine of muck-raking tendencies
has this month opened its pages. For many
months Judge Hanford has been a special
target for vilification, throughout the course
of which he has maintained an attitude of
fine composure. The recent article of Mr.
C. P. Connolly contains nothing that lias
not previously been said by a local foreign
owned publication, which eaters especially
to all that is low and disorderly in the com
munity; but Connolly has brought all these
things together in a running yarn that is
remarkable chiefly for its lack of truthful
ness, and has thus provided pleasurable
reading for those who naturally prefer to
think evil rather than good.
Judge Hanford needs no defense from
such attacks. His reputation as a citizen and
his record as a jurist will stand long after
the present abuse and present ahusers have
passed from memory. But the form of the
Connolly article shows this notorious hasher
of scandal and falsehood at his characteristic
worst. Connolly has never ''investigated"
anything. lie undertakes every task of this
THE SEATTLE REPUBLICAN
kind with his prejudices fixed in advance,
lie recognizes only one side of his subject.
In the communities he infests at intervals
he confers only with the most radical rep
resentatives of the side he is determined to
exploit. Every fragment of fact is bent to
his purpose; every lie he can listen to is en
larged upon.
The day when this sort of muck-raking
carried weight with thinking people is hap
pily passing. Our views on many public
questions are still confused and distorted
and often at wide variance from the verities.
But there is still this much reason left
among us, that we can appreciate both the
prejudice and the motive when a foul and
false attack is made on a man whom we
know and whom we respect.—Town Crier
(Sent tie).
(By James B. Metcalf.)
I have known Judge Hanford for nearly
thirty years, even before he ever held any
public position. We were fighting together
over a quarter of a century ago against one
of the then greatest corporations of the
United States, the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company, and for Seattle. That fight gave
birth to the "Seattle Spirit," which made
her the great metropolitan city of the
Northwest that she is. All political party in
terest was forgotten in that struggle, and
we fought for the very life of Seattle. The
A Triumpth for the Old-Time Methods
**>- Old German Cagcr
"Ls Giebt Kein Kopfweh —
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surely a triumph for the old-time methods of beer making—a case of stepping
a foot backward to gain miles forward in the production of the perfect
beverage.
Some claim magnitude of plant—we claim simplicity. Others claim pure
water, some extra sanitation —we make all these claim, and challenge any
and all as to quality—and the proof and the secret of our superiority will be
found in the bottle that bears the label—Old German Lager.
Old German Lager is a rare combination of Bohemian hops and selected
malt, and is stored.and properly aged by time—not forced artificially or me
chanically—but aged only by natural methods, giving us a product that is
pure and entirely lacking the bitterness so often found in bottled beers made
largely of domestic hops, under modern methods.
Our increasing patronage is due, we believe, to our superior product, and
we have been compelled to double our storage capacity used for ageing
Old German Lager.
Those who wish to enjoy a table beer made under these ideal conditions,
properly aged—or lagered—will find Old German Lager in pints or quarts at
all liquor stores —or telephone the plant, Sidney 75.
Old German Lager delivered to all parts of the City
Case of Two Dozen Pints, $2.00, refund of 50c for bottles
Cofe of Two Dozen Quarts, $3.20, refund of 70c for bottles
Independent Brewing Co.
TELEPHONE, SIDNEY 75
Seattle, - - - Washington
fight was won and to none more than Judge
Hanford was due the medium of success of
thai vital warfare to our city. Today I be
lieve that if you could see the innermost
rescesses of his thought you would find dis
played upon the very escutcheon of his soul
that he fought against corporate interests
and for the permanent success which Seattle
enjoys today. The charge that Judge 1 lan
ford is given to over-indulgence in the use
of intoxicants is so absurd that it is like
asking me if the sky is blue, the snow is
white, or the sea is green. For a generation
of human life upon the federal bench in a
developing country means that united
thought and mental strength were woven in
his efforts to make the empire of the North
west. Could a man steeped, as the charges
alleged, in strong potations that would be
destructive of that ambition, hold his great
position before the Ninth Judicial Circuit
and the courts of final resort in his opinions
and still hold the high position for discrim
ination in the manifold subjects which have
been recorded by him for the time he has
been upon the bench.
To say that a learned jurist charged with
the great interest of the Republic is involved
in liasons, is the last act of irresponsibility
by whomever made.
Judge Hanford is now nearing the sun
down of life, charged with the duties of his
high office, and can any man, woman or
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